describe [dɪˈskraɪb]，动词，描述、描写。Saint Augustine described philosophy as a “harbor” for troubled souls in a fourth - century monograph on the happy life, and the sixth - century Roman senator Boethius titled the treatise he wrote while awaiting execution The Consolation of Philosophy. 即圣奥古斯丁在 4 世纪关于幸福生活的专著中，将哲学描述为困扰灵魂的 “避风港”，6 世纪罗马元老院议员波爱修斯把自己在等待处决时所写的论文命名为《哲学的慰藉》。

派生：description [dɪˈskrɪpʃ(ə) n]，名词，表描述、描写；descriptive [dɪˈskrɪptɪv]，形容词，意为描写的、描绘的。